6.4 Environmental concerns and consequencesĬlownfish Marlin lives in an anemone in the Great Barrier Reef with his mate, Coral, and their eggs.A sequel, Finding Dory, was released in June 2016.

In 2008, the American Film Institute named it as the 10th greatest American animated film as part of their 10 Top 10 lists. The film was also nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for Best Animated Feature, becoming the first Pixar film to do so.įinding Nemo is the best-selling DVD title of all time, with over 40 million copies sold as of 2006, and was the highest-grossing G-rated film of all time before Pixar's own Toy Story 3 overtook it. It also became the highest-grossing animated film at the time of its release, and was the second-highest-grossing film of 2003, earning a total of $871 million worldwide by the end of its initial theatrical run. Released on May 30, 2003, Finding Nemo received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised the visual elements, screenplay and characters that has been cited as funny to both young moviegoers and their parents. Along the way, Marlin learns to take risks and comes to terms with Nemo taking care of himself. It tells the story of an overprotective clownfish named Marlin who, along with a regal blue tang named Dory, searches for his missing son Nemo.

The film stars the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, and Geoffrey Rush. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was written by Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David Reynolds from a story by Stanton. Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

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